What would be considered an appropriate time for a rest break? Should I do something like 3 pull ups, then rest 30 seconds and so on until I reach the total amount? I was actually surprised about doing 6 too! I put a pull-up bar in the door way to my bathroom and I'll do sets of 3 or 4 through out the day or whenever I get a chance, and I think that helps out a little. My goal is to be able to do a minimum of 12 perfect pull-ups in a row. So I guess I'm halfway there...

Maybe do as many as you can while staying 1-2 under failure then waiting 30 sec then repeat. Play around with the rest period with the goal of doing the most work in the least amount of time without going to failure, breaks between sets can be anywhere from 10 sec to 4-5 min.

Another strategy is to slowly reduce the rest between sets so if you can currently do six and your goal is 12 do 2 sets of six and slowly reduce the rest interval between sets each week.

Thank you very much! I've been kind of unsure on how to go about achieving my goals in running, swimming, number of push-ups/pull-ups/sit-ups, and overall strength and fitness, and so far I've just been kind of doing them without any strategy behind me. That's one thing I like about these workouts is that they are a steady build each week which will help me as well as everyone else on here to become more fit and achieve our goals.

Another cool thing to do with plank if you want more challenge move your arms forward a little more each workout and eventually you end up on your fingers and toes, it is called a dragon I think and very hard core.

We ran about 3 miles at a moderate pace before hand. I'm having trouble on my push ups; I can push out about 20 before fatigue sets in and I have a lot of trouble pushing out the rest (no pun intended). Other than that, it was a good workout![/b]